Escape From New York 15

Fri 26 Jul, 10pm | Tickets £5 (+£1.25 admin fee for non-members)
★★★★★ – Time Out

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Director: John Carpenter

Cast: Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef

Year: 1980

Duration: 69 mins

Certificate: 15


"★★★★★ – proudly wears its affection for crusty Sergio Leone archetypes and countdown-clock suspense sequences" – Time Out


"★★★★ – entertainment of the highest order" – Empire


★★★★ – Guardian


Now restored in 4K, Carpenter’s grungy sci-fi actioner is set in a dystopian 1997, where Manhattan island has been walled off to create a huge maximum security prison.


When Air Force One is hijacked and the President’s escape pod lands in Manhattan, enter Snake Pliskin - a former special forces soldier turned convicted bank robber who is tasked with rescuing the Leader of the Free World in return for a pardon.


Injected with micro-explosives timed to go off after 22 hours if he doesn’t return with the President, Snake enters the hell of old New York.